Enrique Borja should not be confused with Enrique Javier Borja.
| Enrique Borja | |
| Fullname: | Enrique David Borja García |
| Birth Date: | 1945 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Height: | 1.68 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 1964–1969 |
| Clubs1: | UNAM |
| Caps1: | 112 |
| Goals1: | 69 |
| Years2: | 1969–1977 |
| Clubs2: | América |
| Caps2: | 191 |
| Goals2: | 99 |
| Totalcaps: | 303 |
| Totalgoals: | 168 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1966–1975 |
| Nationalteam1: | Mexico |
| Nationalcaps1: | 65 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 31 |
Enrique David Borja García (born 30 December 1945) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the seventh all-time leading scorer of the Mexico national team.[1]
He played club football for UNAM until his transfer to Club América in 1969. He was the top scorer of Mexican league in the season 1970–1971 (24 goals), in 1971–1972 (26 goals) and in 1972–1973 (20 goals) and was a champion with the club on two occasions (1971 & 1976).
Borja played in two World Cups in 1966 and 1970.
He scored his lone World Cup goal in a group stage match against France in the 1966 edition, which ended in a 1–1 draw.
Borja has been the club president of Club Necaxa and of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación.
He was co-commentator for the American television network, Univision, for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 tournament (June – July 2006), with Fernando Fiore, a veteran Univision sports commentator.
On 31 October 2007 he signed as club president for Tigres UANL of Mexico after the destitution of Fernando Urdiales from the team. He was destituted of the Presidency of Tigres UANL 25 May 2009.
América
1973–74
Individual
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[2]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11 May 1966 | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |||
| 2. | 13 July 1966 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1966 FIFA World Cup | |||
| 3. | 5 January 1967 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 2–0 | align=center rowspan="2" | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 4. | 3–0 | ||||||
| 5. | 6 December 1967 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | ||
| 6. | 21 May 1968 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 2–2 | 3–3 | Friendly | ||
| 7. | 10 July 1968 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 1–0 | align=center rowspan="2" | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 8. | 2–0 | ||||||
| 9. | 16 October 1968 | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |||
| 10. | 20 October 1968 | 1–3 | 3–3 | Friendly | |||
| 11. | 23 October 1968 | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly | |||
| 12. | 26 October 1968 | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |||
| 13. | 3 November 1968 | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly | |||
| 14. | 1 January 1969 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly | ||
| 15. | 22 January 1969 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | ||
| 16. | 22 May 1969 | Estadio León, León, Mexico | 1–0 | align=center rowspan="2" | 3–0 | Friendly | |
| 17. | 2–0 | ||||||
| 18. | 18 September 1971 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | ||
| 19. | 30 September 1971 | Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | ||
| 20. | 6 October 1971 | Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification | ||
| 21. | 13 October 1971 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1971 CONCACAF Championship qualification | ||
| 22. | 5 April 1972 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | ||
| 23. | 9 August 1972 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru | 1–0 | 2–3 | Friendly | ||
| 24. | 16 August 1972 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | ||
| 25. | 3 September 1972 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1973 CONCACAF Championship qualification | ||
| 26. | 12 October 1972 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 1–0 | align=center rowspan="3" | 3–1 | Friendly | |
| 27. | 2–0 | ||||||
| 28. | 3–0 | ||||||
| 29. | 6 February 1973 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | ||
| 30. | 8 December 1973 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1973 CONCACAF Championship | |||
| 31. | 24 August 1975 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |